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Peter Altenberg (9 March 1859 – 8 January 1919) was a writer and poet from Vienna, Austria. He played a key role in the genesis of early modernism in the city.
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Peter Altenberg (9 March 1859 – 8 January 1919) was a writer and poet from Vienna, Austria. He played a key role in the genesis of early modernism in the city.
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Biography He was born Richard Engländer on 9 March 1859 in Vienna into a Jewish family. The nom de plume, "Altenberg", came from a small town on the Danube river. Allegedly, he chose the "Peter" to honor a young girl whom he remembered as an unrequited love (it had been her nickname). Although he grew up in a middle class Jewish family, Altenberg eventually separated himself from his family of origin by dropping out of both law and medical school, and embracing Bohemianism as a permanent lifestyle choice. He cultivated a feminine appearance and feminine handwriting, wore a cape, sandals and a broad-brimmed hat, and despised 'macho' masculinity. Discovered by Arthur Schnitzler in 1894 and appreciated by Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Karl Kraus, Altenberg was one of the main proponents of Viennese Impressionism. He was a master of short, aphoristic stories based on close observation of everyday life events. After reading Altenberg's first published collection Wie ich es sehe (1896) Hofmannsthal wrote: "Even though entirely unconcerned with things important, the book has such a good conscience that one can immediately see that it cannot possibly be a German book. It is truly Viennese. It flaunts it – its origin –…
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In popular culture The Altenberg Trio is named after Peter Altenberg.
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German Wie ich es sehe. S. Fischer, Berlin 1896; Manesse, Zürich 2007, ISBN 978-3-7175-2128-0 Ashantee. Fischer, Berlin 1897; Loecker, Wien 2008, ISBN 978-3-85409-460-9 Was der Tag mir zuträgt. Fünfundfünfzig neue Studien. Fischer, Berlin 1901
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Prodromos. Fischer, Berlin 1906 Märchen des Lebens. Fischer, Berlin 1908; veränd. A. ebd. 1919 Die Auswahl aus meinen Büchern. Fischer, Berlin 1908 Bilderbögen des kleinen Lebens. Reiss, Berlin 1909 Neues Altes. Fischer, Berlin 1911 (Digitalised Archived 30 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine at Bielefeld University) Semmering 1912. Fischer, Berlin 1913; verm. A. ebd. 1919
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Vita ipsa. Fischer, Berlin 1918 Mein Lebensabend. Fischer, Berlin 1919 (Digitalised Archived 27 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine at Bielefeld University Der Nachlass von Peter Altenberg, zusammensgestellt von Alfred Polgar. Fischer, Berlin 1925. Peter Altenberg. Auswahl von Karl Kraus, herausgegeben von Sigismund von Radecki. Atlantis, Zürich 1963 Das Buch der Bücher von Peter Altenberg, zusammengestellt von Karl Kraus. 3 Bände. Wallstein, Göttingen 2009, ISBN 978-3-8353-0409-3 Die Selbsterfindung eines Dichters. Briefe und Dokumente 1892–1896. Hrsg. und mit einem Nachwort von Leo A. Lensing. Wallstein, Göttingen 2009, ISBN 978-3-8353-0552-6
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English translated Telegrams of the Soul: Selected Prose of Peter Altenberg (2005). Trans. Peter Wortsman Ashantee. (Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture, and Thought) (2007). Trans. Katharina von Hammerstein Alexander King Presents Peter Altenberg's Evocations of Love (1960). Trans. Alexander King